Sony’s new Swiss Army-handheld is seeing hard times in Japan, selling less than 20,000 units last week, cementing the downward trend seen since the Vita’s launch a month ago.

Total sales in Japan – the only country on Earth the console has been released – for last week were 18,386 according to data gathering firm Media Create in Japan. To be fair, it was a pretty average week for game console sales in total, the number one spot went to Nintendo 3DS who sold over 100,000 units – around half as many as the week prior.

Interestingly, the data shows that Japanese gamers are flocking to the PSP – the console Vita was designed to replace. It’s sales were double that of Vita’s, but this is probably spurred on by cheaper prices and bulk stock throughout the country.